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          Because <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is convertible
          to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
          and because <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
          is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a> when <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a>, you can sometimes
          get an unexpected runtime result where you would rather expect a compiler
          error:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">Flight_plan</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">weight</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">// sometimes no weight can be returned</span>

<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">is_aircraft_too_heavy</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Flight_plan</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
   <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">weight</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">aircraft</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">max_weight</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">// compiles!</span>
<span class="special">}</span>                                                 <span class="comment">// returns false when the optional contains no value </span>
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